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I do think people in general – the woo "customers" in this case – deserve a little slack, in that so many have been brought up to believe this nonsense, and are still too young, or still too busy with jobs and kids and what not, to have explored sensible counterarguments. Or just haven't yet been challenged to explore their beliefs.

I have to remember that my own "believer" past lasted a good long time before I took the effort to... well, THINK. 

That said, it's not as easy to give the woo "sellers" a break. I've been given the argument "well, it's not outright deceit if they really believe it", and I understand the point. I understand that there may be people who are genuinely willing to believe the truth but have limited access to critical info and just haven't had their eyes opened yet. Similar to a small businessperson who is willing to pay correct taxes and thinks he's doing so, but honestly misunderstands some arcane rule on accelerated depreciation.

But the woo sellers who are well aware of the criticisms of their practices, and have access to all the info they could desire... that's another matter. They're either dishonest, or they're simply refusing to critically examine their beliefs so they can claim "I see no reason to reject this". That's no different from a business that's been told its accounting is funny, but refuses to check the regulations so it can claim "gosh, we didn't know we were underpaying". The IRS doesn't buy that one, and we shouldn't either.